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Originally Posted by pscajunguy
Yes, Miami has a lot of proposed gems, 5 super-talls over 1,000 feet and 13 in the 800-1,000 foot range. They also have the twin to the Independent,(Chelsea Tower) at 654 feet, but they also have 36 buildings proposed and U/C that top that range. But the difference between Miami and Austin is that most of our new high rises will be populated by Americans. Miami has a huge influx of foreign investment, as should be expected. And people in Miami like to brag about how they have the #3 skyline in America, and they are catching up with New York and Chicago and claim to be the new Dubai.
I'll take Austin, for now!
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They will be sinking into the ocean well before Austin which may be why they have a lot of supertalls planned.
On a serious note, virtually all U.S. cities with a majority of their downtown high rises being residential are coastal cities (which includes the Great Lakes.) I can't think of another inland city in the U.S. that has such a disproportionate amount of residential high rises in its CBD as Austin. If hotels are counted, maybe Vegas. Although most of their high rises are not Downtown.
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